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单词 ambisexual
释义

Definition of ambisexual in English:

ambisexual

adjective ˌambɪˈsɛkʃʊəlˌambəˈsekSH(o͞o)əl
  • Bisexual or androgynous.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They present a slick promotional video, with a story line involving a black athlete, an ambisexual model and a heavy disco beat.
    • The evidence for ambisexual behavior in Greek and Roman times has been amply collected.
    • The ambisexual pair - both veterans of the Broadway revival - co-wrote and codirected the project, which they shot on digital video.
    • The artist's female figures reminded me of the ambisexual girls in artist Henry Darger's world.
    • They also seemed weirdly ambisexual: at least one seemed to sport eye makeup and extravagantly long lower lashes; another had a monobrow along with bouncy-looking, well-brushed hair.
noun ˌambɪˈsɛkʃʊəlˌambəˈsekSH(o͞o)əl
  • An ambisexual person.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘In one draft of the script, Derek described himself as ambisexual,’ says Stiller.
    • I believe in an interview they said he was ambisexual.
    • After we get to know Paula, we can see she's an ambisexual.

Derivatives

  • ambisexually

  • adverb
    • This anxiety is ambisexually determined.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This a piece which works ambisexually with either the cufflinks or the bangle.

Origin

1930s: from Latin ambi- 'on both sides' + sexual.

 
 

Definition of ambisexual in US English:

ambisexual

adjectiveˌambəˈsekSH(o͞o)əl
  • Bisexual or androgynous.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ambisexual pair - both veterans of the Broadway revival - co-wrote and codirected the project, which they shot on digital video.
    • The evidence for ambisexual behavior in Greek and Roman times has been amply collected.
    • They also seemed weirdly ambisexual: at least one seemed to sport eye makeup and extravagantly long lower lashes; another had a monobrow along with bouncy-looking, well-brushed hair.
    • The artist's female figures reminded me of the ambisexual girls in artist Henry Darger's world.
    • They present a slick promotional video, with a story line involving a black athlete, an ambisexual model and a heavy disco beat.
nounˌambəˈsekSH(o͞o)əl
  • An ambisexual person.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘In one draft of the script, Derek described himself as ambisexual,’ says Stiller.
    • I believe in an interview they said he was ambisexual.
    • After we get to know Paula, we can see she's an ambisexual.

Origin

1930s: from Latin ambi- ‘on both sides’ + sexual.

 
 
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